Namco Bandai Games and Namco Bandai Studio are working alongside Sora Ltd. and Masahiro Sakurai on the next Super Smash Bros., Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct broadcast tonight.

Sakurai is heading the project. On the Namco Bandai side, Masaya Kobayashi, whose previous works include the Ridge Racer series and Go Vacation, is producing. And Yoshito Higuchi, who produced Tales of Vesperia, is directing.

Messages from Sakurai and Kobayashi are expected after the broadcast. [Update:read them here.]

Awesome, NSMB on the 3DS :D And I’m perfectly okay with NB working with Nintendo on this one.

big drew

This is what i have been waiting for.Super smash bros is the reason why I am buying the Wii U. This made my day. I knew it was coming but damn lol that was quick. Oh yea, since kingdom hearts plays on a Nintendo hand held system….I wonder if the new smash bros is gonna have Kingdom Hearts characters..Hmmmm……

manasword0

Just the Thought of Yuri’s final Smash fills me with GLEE

Bec66

@manasword0: Hate to say it but it’s more likely Luke, Lloyd, asbel, and Emil could appear since they were on a nintendo consle, either way i’m fine with those guys.

AdamBoy64

@Bec66: Yeah, that is true.
Personally, I think the odds of a Tales character making it into the roster are 1 in 478,000.

I love SSB but i’m getting PS All Stars cause i wanna kick ass with Drake, Ratchet, Jak, and of course Parappa the Rapper, I know they’ll easily have more 3rd Party support adding in Square characters lik Cloud, Sephiroth, fei Fong Wong(Xenogears)characters from Suikoden, and many more. Sony owns more FIRST Party franchises over Nintendo. They Own Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank,Resistance,Killzone,Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, Wild Arms, Arc The Lad, Legend of Dragoon, White Knight Chronicles, The Last of Us, God of War, Heavenly Sword, Heavy Rain, Legend of Legaia, Littlebig Planet, Motorstorm, Warhawk,Starhawk, Ico Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Gran Turismo, The Getaway, Soul Sacrifice, and many more. Now when you say PS All Stars Battle Royale is sucky think again.They used more than 10 franchises SONY at least makes an effort to create game experiences that are more than waggling a stupid Wii mote. PS MOVE isn’t gr8 either. But SONY has an arsenal of third Party franchises its known for Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Suikoden, Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean, Namco Tales, Xenogears, Drakengard, etc. Seriously PLayStation is the current king of Gaming, Nintendo hasn’t been and they think they’ll outsell PS2 the best selling CONSOLE OF ALL TIME. Give me a Fucking break.

InternatlGamer3

SONY officially owns over 90 franchises and at least 83 are made for console more than Nintendo does.